Hugh L. Corroon ’51

The ninth and youngest child of Katherine Larkin Corroon and James Corroon, Hugh was born April 14, 1929, in Freeport, N.Y.  His father was president of Corroon & Black, an insurance-brokerage company. 

Hugh prepared at the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn. At Princeton, he majored in history, ate at Cottage, was a member of the Catholic Club, and rowed on the junior varsity crew. Hugh roomed with Don Castleman, Frank Collins, and Ham Crawford.

He earned a law degree at Harvard and served in the Army Counterintelligence Corps for two years. In 1956, he became an associate at Berl, Potter & Anderson in Wilmington, Del., and married Theodora Bassett eight years later.  He retired as a partner of Potter, Anderson & Corroon.

Hugh died April 18, 2014, at his home in Greenville, Del., of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Theo; children Scott Corroon and Amanda Dolan; six grandchildren; and his brother, Lawrence. He was predeceased by his brothers Robert, Richard, James, and Thomas; and sisters Kathleen O’Shea, Mari Stearns, and Patricia Skakel.